Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

Sarah Jaffe : ‘Mama Grizzlies’ and the New Tea Party ‘Feminism’

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Mama Grizzlies’:The Tea Party and its claims to feminism By Sarah Jaffe / October 11, 2010 It all started with Sarah Palin. Or did it? Maybe it started a few months earlier, when Hillary Clinton downed a shot of whiskey … Continue reading →

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SPORT / John Ross : Torture and the National Pastime

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

New national pastime:Torture and the San Francisco Giants By John Ross / The Rag Blog / October 9, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — The return of liver cancer has afforded me an unexpected opportunity to contemplate the National Pastime. As I … Continue reading →

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Margarita Alarcón : Cubana Flight 455 Was Cuba’s 9/11

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

73 black flags mark Cuban remembrance of the Oct. 6, 1976 terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight 455. Photo from picasa. Cuba marked the thirty-fourth anniversary of the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 on Wednesday with a call for the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘One Nation’ March Shows the Tough FightAhead for the Emerging Progressive Majority By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / If you wanted to know what a dynamic and emerging progressive majority of Americans looked like, the place to be … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : Teach Your Children Well

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Raising kids to be radical:‘Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers’ Strike’ By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2010 Teach, your children wellTheir father’s hellDid slowly go byAnd feed them on your dreamsThe one they pickedThe one … Continue reading →

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Bernardine Dohrn : The Obsolete and Dangerous Federal Grand Jury

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bernardine Dohrn, with Bill Ayers and five-year-old Zayd, on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York City, 1982. Photo by David Handschuh / AP.The curious, mysterious, obsolete,and dangerous federal grand jury The federal grand jury is a secret, … Continue reading →

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Terry Townsend : John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Trane photo used on jacket of The John Coltrane Quartet: Visit to Scandanavia. Image from Seattle Blogs.‘A force which is truly for good’:John Coltrane and the jazz revolution By Terry Townsend / October 7, 2010 “You can play a shoestring … Continue reading →

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Bernardine Dohrn : The Obsolute and Dangerous Federal Grand Jury

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The curious, mysterious, obsolete anddangerous federal Grand Jury By Bernardine Dohrn / The Rag Blog / October 7, 2010 I was subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in May of 1982 in New York City. It has left me as … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from John Gushie. ohn ColtraneChicago 1965Gelatin Silverby Ted Williams image from Seattle Blogs Pharoah Sanders. Photo from Axiom Images. Archie Schepp. Image from 123Nonstop John coltrane quartet. Photo by Herb Snitzer / jazz.com JohnColtrane.com “You can play a shoestring … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries V: Innovation and Transformation

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Mondragon website.Mondragon Diaries, Day FiveInnovation and transformationtowards a third wave futureBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 “The world has not been given to us simply to contemplate it, but to transform it. And … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Cooperative Alternative

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art by Joseph Bau / Fearless Fathers.The cooperative movement:Doing business as if people mattered By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of … Continue reading →

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Sherman DeBrosse : The Puzzle of 2010

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from StudentHacks.The puzzle of 2010:What’s going on with the electorate? By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / October 5, 2010 This year’s election is marked by a great deal of puzzling behavior. Media people report on the peculiar … Continue reading →

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